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Woman:
LOS ANGELES IS A SLICK TOWN.
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EVEN BACK IN '68,
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EVERYONE IN L.A.
WANTED TO BE SOMEBODY.
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YOU NEVER KNEW
WHO YOU COULD TRUST.
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[ MUSIC PLAYING ]
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[ LABORED BREATHING ]
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OH, MY GOD.
IT'S CHERYL.
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SHE'S HURT.
CHERYL.
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GO -- GO GET HELP.
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AND SOMETIMES...
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CHERYL, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
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CHERYL.
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...YOU PUT YOUR TRUST
IN THE WRONG PERSON.
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[ GASPS ]
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[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
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Martin:
APRIL 20, 1968,
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OFFICERS FROM
THE BURBANK POLICE DEPARTMENT
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RESPOND TO AN APARTMENT BUILDING
KNOWN AS THE CASTILLION.
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GENTLEMEN,
WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
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I HAVE A CAUCASIAN FEMALE,
MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS.
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WE HAVE PARAMEDICS EN ROUTE.
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[ CHERYL GASPING ]
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SHE'S STILL BREATHING.
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MA'AM,
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
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WE GOT PARAMEDICS COMING.
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[ SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE ]
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St. James: CHERYL PERVELER HAD
BEEN SHOT TWICE IN HER HEAD.
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Martin:
TWO GUNSHOTS ABOVE THE LEFT EAR.
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St. James:
IT WAS A SHOCKING SCENE.
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AND THERE WAS A GASH
ACROSS HER BREASTS,
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ALSO CAUSED BY A BULLET.
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POSSIBLY, CHERYL WAS
RAISING HER ARM IN SELF-DEFENSE
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AND DEFLECTED THE GUN.
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St. James: THERE WERE SEVEN
HALF-INCH GASHES
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AROUND THE FRONT
AND TOP OF HER SKULL.
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THEY WERE MADE BY
AN UNIDENTIFIED BLUNT OBJECT.
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MIGHT HAVE BEEN
THE BUTT OF A GUN.
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THE SEVEN GASHES SHOW
SUCH A VICIOUSNESS.
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St. James: POLICE KNOW
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THAT THERE HAD BEEN
SOME CARJACKINGS RECENTLY.
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Martin: WAS THIS AN ATTEMPT
TO STEAL HER CAR FROM HER?
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St. James:
ON THE PASSENGER SEAT,
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THERE WAS A WHITE SCARF
SO DRENCHED IN BLOOD
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THAT IT WAS STUCK TO THE PURSE.
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AND INSIDE,
THERE WAS A .35 AUTOMATIC.
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Hurwitz:
THE GUN HAS NOT BEEN FIRED
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AND HAS THE WORDS ON THE BARREL,
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"LOVE" ON ONE SIDE,
"PAUL" ON THE OTHER.
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THE PURSE ALSO HAS, UH, $35.
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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER
$200 IN TODAY'S DOLLARS.
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LEFT THE CASH.
AND THE CAR.
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WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE?
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St. James:
IT ISN'T TYPICAL IN A CARJACKING
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FOR A PERSON TO BE SHOT
AND BEATEN LIKE CHERYL WAS.
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SHELL CASING.
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Hurwitz: THEY FIND
.25-CALIBER SHELL CASINGS.
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Martin:
ONE OF THE SPENT CASINGS
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IS FOUND IN THE BACK SEAT
OF THE CAR.
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THE OTHER TWO ARE FOUND
BY THE REAR TIRE
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ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE.
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TWO .25-CALIBER, UNFIRED,
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LIVE ROUNDS ARE ON
THE GROUND NEAR THE CAR.
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CHERYL PERVELER DIED
AT THE HOSPITAL
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AS SHE WAS BEING PREPPED
FOR SURGERY.
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TELL ME ABOUT WHAT YOU HEARD.
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WELL, I WAS SLEEPING.
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I HEARD A GUNSHOT -- POP,
THEN A PAUSE,
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THEN TWO SHOTS -- POP, POP.
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LARRY BEAUREGARD HAD
THE CLEAREST MEMORY
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OF THE SHOTS THAT NIGHT.
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SHOTS TWO AND THREE DID NOT COME
IN QUICK SUCCESSION
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AFTER THE FIRST SHOT WAS FIRED,
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MAYBE WHEN THE ASSAILANT
BROUGHT THE BUTT OF A GUN
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DOWN ON HER HEAD SEVEN TIMES.
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SO, YOU WERE THE ONES
THAT FOUND HER?
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MY HUSBAND AND I HAD JUST
COME HOME FROM A PARTY.
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AND WHEN WE CAME UPON THE CAR,
WE SAW THAT POOR GIRL.
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EVELYN MILLER TELLS
THE BURBANK POLICE DETECTIVES
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THAT CHERYL PERVELER
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PROBABLY HAD JUST ARRIVED HOME
THAT SATURDAY NIGHT.
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SO YOU KNOW THE VICTIM, MA'AM?
A LITTLE BIT.
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SHE WAS JUST
SO LOVELY AND SWEET.
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St. James:
THE NEIGHBORS DESCRIBED CHERYL
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AS A BEAUTIFUL,
ATHLETIC, FRIENDLY GIRL.
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Martin: CHERYL FORMERLY WORKED
AS A FITNESS INSTRUCTOR,
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WAS A BROOKLYN TRANSPLANT
HERE TO THE AREA.
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IN THE '60s,
THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE
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THAT MADE THEIR WAY
TO HOLLYWOOD,
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LOOKING FOR THAT --
THAT BIG BREAK.
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Hurwitz:
CHERYL WAS, IN MANY WAYS,
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TYPICAL OF PEOPLE COMING
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BECAUSE OF THE LURE
OF CALIFORNIA.
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Martin: SHE'S NEWLY MARRIED
TO PAUL PERVELER,
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LOCAL BAR OWNER.
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HER HUSBAND?
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PAUL.
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PAUL PERVELER.
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ACTUALLY, I CALLED HIM.
HE OWNS A BAR IN BURBANK.
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SHE RECALLS
THAT SHE WAS ON THE PHONE
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WITH PAUL AT HIS BAR...
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WHICH HOSPITAL?
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...AS THE AMBULANCE
WAS DEPARTING THE SCENE...
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...AND THAT PAUL HAD GONE
ON TO THE HOSPITAL,
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BUT CHERYL WAS DEAD.
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YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES.
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THE SPOUSE IS ALWAYS
THE FIRST SUSPECT.
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SO WHEN PAUL CAME BACK
FROM THE HOSPITAL,
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THE DETECTIVES MADE SURE
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TO DELIVER
THEIR CONDOLENCES IN PERSON.
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INVESTIGATORS TALK TO
31-YEAR-OLD PAUL PERVELER
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WHEN HE RETURNS
TO HIS APARTMENT.
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WE'RE SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS,
MR. PERVELER.
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WE SAW THAT YOUR WIFE
HAD A HANDGUN,
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A .32, IN HER PURSE.
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DO YOU KNOW WHY SHE WOULD
HAVE BEEN CARRYING THAT?
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I BOUGHT IT FOR CHERYL
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SO THAT SHE'D HAVE
SOME PROTECTION
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WHEN I WASN'T WITH HER.
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Hurwitz:
PAUL PERVELER HAD HIMSELF BEEN AN OFFICER IN THE L.A.P.D.
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AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS, HE HAD
LEFT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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HE HAD HELPED
A FRIEND'S ROOMMATE
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ARRANGE FOR AN ABORTION,
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AND AT THAT TIME --
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THIS IS IN THE 1960s --
UH, THAT WAS A FELONY.
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BUT HE WAS NOT CHARGED
WITH A CRIME.
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Martin: HE'S ONLY BEEN MARRIED
TO CHERYL FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS.
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PAUL IS STOIC, QUIET.
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AND WHERE WERE YOU
EARLIER THIS EVENING?
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I OWN A COUPLE OF BARS.
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ONE'S RIGHT UP HERE
IN BURBANK,
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AND THE OTHER ONE'S
IN SUNLAND.
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UH...WE JUST OPENED,
YOU KNOW?
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I NAMED IT THE CHERYL'S
GRAND DUCHESS FOR HER.
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St. James:
PAUL SAID THAT EVENING
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HE WAS WORKING AT HIS BAR
IN SUNLAND,
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9 MILES AWAY
FROM THEIR APARTMENT,
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AND CHERYL HAD COME BY
TO MEET HIM FOR A DRINK.
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Hurwitz:
AND HE TELLS THE POLICE
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THAT HE WALKED HER
OUT TO THE CAR
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AND CAME BACK IN,
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AND THAT IS THE --
THE LAST HE SPOKE TO HIS WIFE.
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PEOPLE AT THE BAR
WOULD LATER TELL THEM
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THAT HE WAS JUST PLAYING POOL.
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GARY, RACK 'EM UP.
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Officer:
WELL, ON BEHALF OF THE L.A.P.D.,
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PLEASE ACCEPT
OUR SINCEREST CONDOLENCES.
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THANK YOU.
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INVESTIGATORS
START TALKING TO NEIGHBORS
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OF THE PERVELERS'.
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EVENING, SIR. L.A.P.D.
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WE'D LIKE TO ASK YOU
A FEW QUESTIONS,
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IF YOU DON'T MIND.
NOT AT ALL.
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DID YOU NOTICE
ANYTHING UNUSUAL TODAY?
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I DID.
I THINK I SAW THE KILLER.
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Hurwitz: AND THEY MEET UP
WITH AN OLDER MAN.
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HE SAW WHO HE BELIEVES TO BE
A MAN FLEEING THE SCENE...
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HE WAS RIGHT OVER THERE.
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...AFTER THE CRIME
HAD BEEN COMMITTED...
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RIGHT THERE.
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...WEARING A WHITE HOODED SHIRT.
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L.A. WAS CHANGING FAST
IN THOSE DAYS.
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BY '68,
THERE WAS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
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THE CITY WAS HOPPING.
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ALL THAT SPACE
AND ALL THAT ACTIVITY
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MADE IT PRETTY HARD FOR THE
COPS TO TRACK DOWN A KILLER
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OF SUCH A VAGUE DESCRIPTION.
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SO THE BURBANK POLICE
PUTS OUT FEELERS
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TO OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
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Martin:
1968's NOT THE DIGITAL AGE.
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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BIG
FILE CABINETS WITH PAPER RECORDS
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THAT SOME CLERK SOMEWHERE
IS GONNA HAVE TO SORT THROUGH.
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AND SO TWO DAYS AFTER THIS
INVESTIGATION STARTS...
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MM-HMM.
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...A FILE IS FINALLY FORWARDED
TO THE DETECTIVES.
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HOLD ON.
I'M GONNA CALL YOU BACK.
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YOU GOT TO SEE THIS.
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Hurwitz: THEY DISCOVER FROM
THE HIGHLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT,
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WHICH IS IN LOS ANGELES PROPER,
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THAT, TWO YEARS EARLIER,
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THE HUSBAND OF THE VICTIM,
PAUL PERVELER,
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WAS, IN FACT,
A SUSPECT IN A MURDER.
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[ SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE ]
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ON DECEMBER 11, 1966,
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
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IN THE VERY MODEST COMMUNITY
OF EL SERENO
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WAS CALLED
TO A SMALL HOME THAT'S ON FIRE.
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AND THEY DISCOVER
INSIDE THAT HOME...
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...MARLIN CROMWELL.
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St. James: HE WAS
A 27-YEAR-OLD SEARS STOCK BOY.
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Hurwitz:
THEIR INITIAL REACTION IS
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A MAN HAS BEEN OVERCOME
BY SMOKE.
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BUT THEN THEY SEE
FIVE BULLET WOUNDS --
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TWO IN HIS CHEST,
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THREE SHOTS TO THE HEAD,
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ALL AT VERY CLOSE RANGE.
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THEY FIND A TOWEL
THAT HAS A RING OF BLOOD,
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WHICH MAKES POLICE THINK,
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"WAS THE TOWEL USED
AS A TYPE OF SILENCER?"
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[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING ]
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St. James: SOMEBODY
MIGHT HAVE SNUCK UP BEHIND HIM.
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[ GUNSHOT ]
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MARLIN CROMWELL WAS EXECUTED,
POINT BLANK.
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[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
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[ GUN COCKS ]
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AND THEN WHOEVER DID THAT WENT
TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM
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AND BASICALLY TOOK
TARGET PRACTICE.
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THEN HIS HOUSE WAS SET ON FIRE.
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HOWEVER, THE HOUSE WAS SET
ON FIRE IN A BACK ROOM.
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THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVES
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BEFORE THE FIRE EVER REACHES
WHERE THE EVIDENCE IS.
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POOR GUY HAD A KID.
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MARLIN, THEY DISCOVER,
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WAS JUST AN EXTREMELY
QUIET MAN,
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DESCRIBED BY EVERYONE
AS HAVING NO ENEMIES WHATSOEVER.
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SO THE DEAD GUY AND KRISTINA
GOT MARRIED,
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DIVORCED,
AND THEN MARRIED AGAIN.
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THE POLICE DETECTIVES FIND
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THE MARRIAGE LICENSE
OF THE VICTIM,
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MARLIN CROMWELL, TO HIS WIFE,
KRISTINA CROMWELL.
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THEY HAVE BEEN MARRIED TWICE.
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HEY, CAN YOU BELIEVE
THAT'S THE SAME WOMAN?
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JUST TWO MONTHS PRIOR
TO HIS MURDER,
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THEY HAD REMARRIED.
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[ GRUNTS ]
OH, I'M GONNA MISS YOU.
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00:13:12,167 --> 00:13:14,067
I'M GONNA MISS YOU, TOO,
BABE.
227
00:13:14,067 --> 00:13:15,500
I LOVE YOU.
LOVE YOU.
228
00:13:15,500 --> 00:13:17,533
MWAH!
MMM.
229
00:13:17,533 --> 00:13:19,667
THANK YOU.
230
00:13:19,667 --> 00:13:22,733
KRISTINA, AS IT TURNS OUT,
DID HAVE AN ALIBI.
231
00:13:22,733 --> 00:13:24,800
St. James:
SHE WAS IN TWENTYNINE PALMS
232
00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:26,067
VISITING A FRIEND.
233
00:13:26,067 --> 00:13:27,900
Martin: NOWHERE AROUND
WHEN THE MURDER OCCURS.
234
00:13:27,900 --> 00:13:30,300
IN FACT,
SHE'S 140 MILES AWAY.
235
00:13:30,300 --> 00:13:32,067
Hurwitz: HOWEVER...
236
00:13:32,067 --> 00:13:35,533
THE HIGHLAND PARK
POLICE DEPARTMENT DISCOVER
237
00:13:35,533 --> 00:13:39,067
THAT KRISTINA, RIGHT AFTER
HER SECOND MARRIAGE TO MARLIN,
238
00:13:39,067 --> 00:13:42,933
APPLIED FOR A LIFE-INSURANCE
POLICY ON MARLIN,
239
00:13:42,933 --> 00:13:44,467
AND SHE STOOD TO RECEIVE
240
00:13:44,467 --> 00:13:47,267
AS MUCH AS $75,000
IN INSURANCE MONEY
241
00:13:47,267 --> 00:13:48,833
FROM HER HUSBAND'S DEATH.
242
00:13:48,833 --> 00:13:53,933
St. James: $75,000
WOULD BE HALF A MILLION NOW.
243
00:13:55,333 --> 00:13:58,500
SO, WHERE'S
PAUL PERVELER COME IN?
244
00:13:58,500 --> 00:14:03,067
CROMWELL AND PERVELER
USED TO WORK TOGETHER...
245
00:14:03,067 --> 00:14:05,700
AT AN INSURANCE AGENCY,
OF ALL PLACES.
246
00:14:05,700 --> 00:14:08,433
AND THAT'S NOT ALL.
247
00:14:08,433 --> 00:14:11,467
**
248
00:14:13,300 --> 00:14:15,300
KRISTINA.
249
00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:18,233
TALK ABOUT WANTING
TO BE SOMEBODY.
250
00:14:18,233 --> 00:14:20,067
WHEN I STARTED WORKING
AT THE AGENCY,
251
00:14:20,067 --> 00:14:23,367
KRISTINA JUST SEEMED TO ME
LIKE AN OVERWEIGHT BRUNETTE
252
00:14:23,367 --> 00:14:25,333
WITH A SELF-CONFIDENCE PROBLEM.
253
00:14:25,333 --> 00:14:28,133
BY THE TIME SHE GOT THROUGH
WITH HER MAKEOVER, THOUGH,
254
00:14:28,133 --> 00:14:31,967
KRISTINA LOOKED LIKE
A DIFFERENT PERSON.
255
00:14:31,967 --> 00:14:34,700
HMM. GOOD FOR HER.
256
00:14:34,700 --> 00:14:37,067
Hurwitz:
KRISTINA CROMWELL
257
00:14:37,067 --> 00:14:40,400
HAD WORKED
AT THE AUTO CLUB OF LOS ANGELES,
258
00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,400
WHICH IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY.
259
00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,967
CO-WORKERS AT THE AUTO CLUB
TOLD POLICE
260
00:14:46,967 --> 00:14:48,367
THAT KRISTINA CROMWELL
261
00:14:48,367 --> 00:14:52,267
HAD UNDERGONE
A MAJOR PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATION.
262
00:14:52,267 --> 00:14:56,200
St. James: KRISTINA
LOST CLOSE TO 75 POUNDS.
263
00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,067
Hurwitz:
SHE DYED HER HAIR BLOND.
264
00:14:58,067 --> 00:15:01,700
Martin: GAVE UP GLASSES
FOR CONTACT LENSES.
265
00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:02,800
Hurwitz:
SHE CAPPED HER TEETH.
266
00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,300
AND, SUDDENLY,
SHE WAS BEING ASKED OUT
267
00:15:05,300 --> 00:15:07,800
BY A NUMBER OF MEN.
268
00:15:09,067 --> 00:15:11,633
Martin: AND, IN FACT,
STRIKES UP AN OFFICE ROMANCE...
269
00:15:15,133 --> 00:15:17,467
WITH A CO-WORKER...
270
00:15:17,467 --> 00:15:19,700
PAUL PERVELER.
271
00:15:19,700 --> 00:15:21,433
AFTER HE LEFT THE L.A.P.D.,
272
00:15:21,433 --> 00:15:24,600
PAUL DID WORK
IN THE INSURANCE BUSINESS.
273
00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:28,100
I NEVER SAW SUCH A BIG MOUTH
ON ANYONE.
274
00:15:28,100 --> 00:15:29,600
PAUL AND KRISTINA'S ROMANCE
275
00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,200
WAS THE WORST-KEPT SECRET
IN THE OFFICE,
276
00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:33,667
THANKS TO PAUL.
277
00:15:33,667 --> 00:15:36,700
HE WAS CHARMING, ALL RIGHT.
278
00:15:36,700 --> 00:15:38,700
BUT I GOT TIRED
OF HEARING HIM BRAG
279
00:15:38,700 --> 00:15:40,700
ABOUT HIS DAYS AS A COP
280
00:15:40,700 --> 00:15:43,933
AND THE SIZE OF HIS BICEPS.
281
00:15:43,933 --> 00:15:46,400
I GUESS HE WANTED CREDIT
282
00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,633
FOR COACHING KRISTINA
283
00:15:48,633 --> 00:15:50,967
THROUGH THE WEIGHT LOSS
AND MAKEOVER.
284
00:15:58,700 --> 00:16:01,500
IF A MAN TOLD ME
WHAT I COULD AND COULDN'T EAT,
285
00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:05,067
I WOULD TELL HIM EXACTLY
WHERE TO SHOVE IT.
286
00:16:05,067 --> 00:16:07,833
BUT KRISTINA HAD
WHAT SHE WANTED.
287
00:16:10,500 --> 00:16:12,733
SO, THIS IS HOW LONG
BEFORE PERVELER GOT MARRIED
288
00:16:12,733 --> 00:16:13,733
TO HIS WIFE, CHERYL?
289
00:16:13,733 --> 00:16:15,367
TWO YEARS.
290
00:16:15,367 --> 00:16:19,067
AND, UH, PERVELER WAS MARRIED
TO SOMEONE ELSE BACK THEN.
291
00:16:19,067 --> 00:16:20,967
SO KRISTINA
AND PAUL PERVELER
292
00:16:20,967 --> 00:16:22,433
ARE BOTH CHEATING
ON THEIR SPOUSES BACK THEN?
293
00:16:22,433 --> 00:16:24,067
YEP.
294
00:16:24,067 --> 00:16:26,733
AND THE HIGHLAND PARK BOYS
GO RATTLE PERVELER'S CAGE?
295
00:16:26,733 --> 00:16:30,200
YEAH. I, UH --
I GOT IT RIGHT HERE.
296
00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,733
PAUL PERVELER?
297
00:16:35,433 --> 00:16:37,067
HOW ARE YOU, GENTLEMEN?
CAN I GET YOU A CUP OF JOE?
298
00:16:37,067 --> 00:16:39,933
I CAN GET ONE OF THE GIRLS
TO PUT A POT ON FOR YOU.
299
00:16:39,933 --> 00:16:42,233
St. James:
SO THEY GO TO HIS OFFICE,
300
00:16:42,233 --> 00:16:45,767
AND PAUL IS HIS NORMAL,
CHARMING SELF.
301
00:16:45,767 --> 00:16:47,200
Martin:
PERVELER TELLS THEM
302
00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,833
THAT HE HAD FOUR OR FIVE DATES
WITH KRISTINA
303
00:16:50,833 --> 00:16:52,400
ABOUT A YEAR PRIOR
304
00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,167
AND THAT, REALLY,
NOTHING CAME OUT OF IT.
305
00:16:54,167 --> 00:16:55,633
DECEMBER 11th
OF LAST YEAR --
306
00:16:55,633 --> 00:16:57,367
CAN YOU TELL US WHERE
YOU WERE THAT NIGHT?
307
00:16:57,367 --> 00:16:59,067
[ CHUCKLES ]
FELLAS, THAT WAS, UH --
308
00:16:59,067 --> 00:17:00,600
THAT WAS
QUITE A FEW MONTHS AGO.
309
00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:02,433
I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW.
310
00:17:02,433 --> 00:17:04,100
St. James:
FOUR MONTHS HAVE PASSED
311
00:17:04,100 --> 00:17:07,200
BY THE TIME THEY QUESTION PAUL
ABOUT MARLIN'S MURDER.
312
00:17:11,233 --> 00:17:15,233
HIGHLAND POLICE DECIDE
TO TRACK KRISTINA.
313
00:17:18,733 --> 00:17:21,833
AND IT'S TWO DAYS AFTER
PAUL PERVELER TOLD THE POLICE
314
00:17:21,833 --> 00:17:24,800
HE HAD ALMOST NO CONNECTION
TO KRISTINA CROMWELL,
315
00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:26,467
AND AFTER SHE RECEIVED
316
00:17:26,467 --> 00:17:29,467
ONE OF HER FIRST BIG
INSURANCE PAYMENTS,
317
00:17:29,467 --> 00:17:31,733
THE TWO TRAVELED TOGETHER
318
00:17:31,733 --> 00:17:34,633
TO HAVE A FUN WEEKEND
IN LAS VEGAS
319
00:17:34,633 --> 00:17:38,100
AND SPEND A LOT OF MONEY.
320
00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:40,200
Martin: INVESTIGATORS
HAVE GOT TO INTERPRET
321
00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,600
THEIR INTERVIEW WITH PAUL
AS A LIE.
322
00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,767
[ CHUCKLES ]
323
00:17:45,767 --> 00:17:48,933
**
324
00:17:54,700 --> 00:17:56,967
HER FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
325
00:17:56,967 --> 00:18:00,767
REALLY BEGIN TO BRING THEM
INTO FOCUS.
326
00:18:00,767 --> 00:18:03,933
OVER JUST A 6-WEEK PERIOD,
327
00:18:03,933 --> 00:18:05,300
KRISTINA CROMWELL
328
00:18:05,300 --> 00:18:08,700
CAME INTO $25,000
OF INSURANCE MONEY,
329
00:18:08,700 --> 00:18:12,400
AND THAT MONEY WAS TRANSFERRED
TO PAUL PERVELER.
330
00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:16,500
St. James:
TODAY, THAT'S $170,000.
331
00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:20,633
Hurwitz: SEVEN MONTHS LATER,
HE BOUGHT HIS FIRST BAR.
332
00:18:20,633 --> 00:18:22,633
Martin:
THERE'S A CONSPIRACY HERE --
333
00:18:22,633 --> 00:18:25,500
THE MURDER OF MARLIN
FOR THE INSURANCE MONEY.
334
00:18:30,067 --> 00:18:32,600
SO SHE LEAVES THIS MOPE
FOR PERVELER
335
00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:34,400
AFTER SHE LOSES THE WEIGHT.
336
00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,200
AND SHE PULLS HER
EX-HUSBAND BACK IN.
337
00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,700
SOLD HIM A LINE ABOUT
A SECOND CHANCE FOR LOVE
338
00:18:39,700 --> 00:18:41,867
AND SETS HIM UP
TO GET KILLED.
339
00:18:41,867 --> 00:18:44,100
**
340
00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,900
St. James:
DETECTIVES THEORIZE
341
00:18:48,900 --> 00:18:52,433
THAT KRISTINA CONVINCED MARLIN
TO REMARRY HER.
342
00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,367
MARLIN HAD A VERY LONELY LIFE.
343
00:18:57,367 --> 00:18:59,400
WHEN SHE SUGGESTED
THEY REMARRY,
344
00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,633
HE JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY.
345
00:19:09,233 --> 00:19:12,767
THESE TWO
ARE GUILTY AS HELL.
346
00:19:12,767 --> 00:19:14,833
St. James:
FOR THE HIGHLAND PRECINCT,
347
00:19:14,833 --> 00:19:18,633
THE PROBLEM WAS THAT
EVERYTHING WAS CIRCUMSTANTIAL.
348
00:19:18,633 --> 00:19:21,067
Hurwitz:
PAUL WAS THE PRIME SUSPECT.
349
00:19:21,067 --> 00:19:22,400
BUT HE WAS LET GO
350
00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:26,267
BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH
EVIDENCE TO PROSECUTE.
351
00:19:26,267 --> 00:19:28,500
BUT PERVELER'S SMART ENOUGH
TO KNOW HOW TO COVER HIS TRACKS.
352
00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:29,867
YEAH, 'CAUSE HE WAS A COP,
353
00:19:29,867 --> 00:19:31,833
SO HE KNOWS EXACTLY
WHAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK FOR.
354
00:19:31,833 --> 00:19:34,200
Hurwitz: IT APPEARED
TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
355
00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,200
THAT, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE
VERY LIKELY THE ONES
356
00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:40,067
WHO DID COMMIT THIS MURDER,
357
00:19:40,067 --> 00:19:41,433
IT WAS BEST TO WAIT
358
00:19:41,433 --> 00:19:46,300
AND HOPE THAT MORE EVIDENCE
WOULD ARRIVE.
359
00:19:46,300 --> 00:19:51,333
SO, THESE TWO -- PERVELER
AND THIS CROMWELL WOMAN --
360
00:19:51,333 --> 00:19:53,333
GOT A THING GOING ON.
361
00:19:53,333 --> 00:19:56,333
THAT DOESN'T STOP HER
FROM REMARRYING HER EX-HUSBAND.
362
00:19:56,333 --> 00:19:59,367
TWO MONTHS LATER, HE BITES IT
ONE NIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TV.
363
00:19:59,367 --> 00:20:01,300
AND THEN THE TWO OF THEM
ARE OFF TO VEGAS
364
00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:03,233
WITH THE INSURANCE MONEY.
365
00:20:03,233 --> 00:20:06,200
AND THEN PERVELER TAKES
THIS SWEET, INNOCENT GIRL
366
00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:07,267
AND MARRIES HER,
367
00:20:07,267 --> 00:20:08,633
AND THEN TWO MONTHS LATER,
SHE WINDS UP
368
00:20:08,633 --> 00:20:11,167
WITH A BULLET IN THE HEAD.
369
00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,333
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ODDS ARE
THAT CHERYL PERVELER
370
00:20:15,333 --> 00:20:17,100
HAD A LIFE-INSURANCE POLICY?
371
00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:27,167
25 GRAND,
372
00:20:27,167 --> 00:20:30,600
50 GRAND
DOUBLE INDEMNITY.
373
00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:32,200
THAT'S A DOUBLE-INDEMNITY POLICY
374
00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,233
WHERE THE BENEFICIARY
WOULD PROFIT DOUBLE
375
00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:37,400
IN THE CASE OF AN ACCIDENTAL
DEATH OR A MURDER.
376
00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,600
CAN YOU BELIEVE
THE NERVE ON THIS GUY?
377
00:20:43,267 --> 00:20:46,700
AND, OF COURSE, THE BENEFICIARY
IS PAUL PERVELER.
378
00:20:46,700 --> 00:20:49,667
**
379
00:20:59,433 --> 00:21:01,867
I NEVER GOT ALONG
WITH PAUL AT WORK.
380
00:21:01,867 --> 00:21:04,867
HE ALWAYS HAD TO BE
THE CENTER OF ATTENTION.
381
00:21:04,867 --> 00:21:07,467
BUT I KNEW HIS FIRST WIFE,
KATHERINE,
382
00:21:07,467 --> 00:21:09,133
AND SHE WAS A SWEET GIRL
383
00:21:09,133 --> 00:21:10,767
WITH A GOOD HEAD
ON HER SHOULDERS.
384
00:21:10,767 --> 00:21:14,067
IF ANYONE KNEW WHAT PAUL
WAS REALLY CAPABLE OF,
385
00:21:14,067 --> 00:21:15,767
IT WAS KATHERINE.
386
00:21:15,767 --> 00:21:20,500
BURBANK POLICE LOOK INTO
THE HISTORY OF PAUL PERVELER.
387
00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:23,100
SO, YOU WERE MARRIED
TO PAUL PERVELER?
388
00:21:23,100 --> 00:21:26,100
YES, FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
389
00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:30,067
THEY QUESTION
HIS FIRST WIFE, KATHERINE.
390
00:21:30,067 --> 00:21:33,833
HOW WAS HE AS A HUSBAND?
391
00:21:33,833 --> 00:21:37,833
HE WAS, UH, REAL ROMANTIC
IN THE BEGINNING.
392
00:21:37,833 --> 00:21:40,567
ALWAYS AT MY SIDE
WHENEVER WE WENT OUT,
393
00:21:40,567 --> 00:21:42,533
TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF ME.
394
00:21:42,533 --> 00:21:44,367
WHEN I WAS 18 YEARS OLD,
395
00:21:44,367 --> 00:21:49,733
I ACTUALLY ALSO DATED
PAUL PERVELER FOR 6 MONTHS.
396
00:21:49,733 --> 00:21:53,633
AND HE WAS A CHARMING,
GOOD-LOOKING, LOVELY MAN.
397
00:21:53,633 --> 00:21:57,733
AND, UH, HOW WERE YOU
DOING FINANCIALLY?
398
00:21:57,733 --> 00:21:59,833
IT WAS ROCKY.
399
00:21:59,833 --> 00:22:03,300
**
400
00:22:07,767 --> 00:22:12,600
St. James: MONEY HAD ALWAYS BEEN
IMPORTANT TO PAUL.
401
00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:17,400
HE WANTED THINGS THAT WERE
FAR BEYOND HIS REACH.
402
00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,733
Hurwitz:
HAVING OTHER PEOPLE SEE HIM
403
00:22:19,733 --> 00:22:21,600
ENJOYING THE MATERIAL THINGS --
404
00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:25,833
THIS IS WHAT HE LIVED FOR.
405
00:22:25,833 --> 00:22:28,067
DID YOU SEE MY WIFE'S
LOVELY EARRINGS?
406
00:22:28,067 --> 00:22:29,233
SWEETHEART.
407
00:22:29,233 --> 00:22:33,567
THIS WAS CONSPICUOUS
IMAGE-MAKING ON HIS PART.
408
00:22:33,567 --> 00:22:35,533
HE CERTAINLY
DIDN'T KEEP IT A SECRET
409
00:22:35,533 --> 00:22:38,067
THAT THE DIRECTOR
STANLEY KUBRICK
410
00:22:38,067 --> 00:22:39,433
WAS A COUSIN OF HIS.
411
00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:46,700
HE WAS ALWAYS ANGLING
FOR SOME WAY TO GET OVER,
412
00:22:46,700 --> 00:22:48,733
TRYING SOME SCHEME OR OTHER.
413
00:22:48,733 --> 00:22:50,733
THEY'D NEVER REALLY
AMOUNT TO ANYTHING.
414
00:22:50,733 --> 00:22:51,800
HE'D GET FRUSTRATED.
415
00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,200
I THOUGHT THAT, UM...
416
00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,933
GETTING MARRIED TO PAUL
WOULD HELP HIM RELAX,
417
00:22:57,933 --> 00:23:01,200
BUT IT -- HE -- GOT WORSE.
418
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,267
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
419
00:23:07,967 --> 00:23:10,633
Hurwitz:
HE WAS A VERY MYSTERIOUS MAN.
420
00:23:10,633 --> 00:23:12,967
HE WAS A VERY MOODY MAN.
421
00:23:12,967 --> 00:23:16,900
VERY OFTEN STAYED UP LATE
WATCHING MOVIES BY HIMSELF
422
00:23:16,900 --> 00:23:19,400
AS HE POLISHED HIS GUNS.
423
00:23:24,667 --> 00:23:28,167
HE WAS AWFUL.
424
00:23:28,167 --> 00:23:32,367
HE REALLY DIDN'T...
PAY ATTENTION TO ME
425
00:23:32,367 --> 00:23:35,700
THE WAY A HUSBAND
IS SUPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW?
426
00:23:35,700 --> 00:23:38,633
HE BEAT ME.
427
00:23:38,633 --> 00:23:40,467
I EVEN ENDED UP
IN THE HOSPITAL.
428
00:23:42,067 --> 00:23:46,067
Hurwitz: THEIR MARRIAGE
WAS ALREADY ON THE ROCKS.
429
00:23:46,067 --> 00:23:47,133
PAUL WAS DRUNK.
430
00:23:47,133 --> 00:23:50,167
HE FOUND HER COMING BACK
FROM A WEEKEND
431
00:23:50,167 --> 00:23:52,933
SEEING A FRIEND IN SAN DIEGO.
432
00:23:52,933 --> 00:23:54,900
GET OUT OF THE CAR!
433
00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:57,067
GET OUT OF THE CAR
RIGHT NOW!
434
00:23:57,067 --> 00:23:58,300
I SWEAR TO GOD.
435
00:23:58,300 --> 00:24:02,467
I SWEAR TO GOD THAT IF YOU
DON'T TELL ME THE TRUTH...
436
00:24:02,467 --> 00:24:05,800
YOU'RE DEAD!
GET OUT OF THE CAR!
437
00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:10,400
HE DRAGGED HER OUT OF THE CAR
AND TOOK HER HEAD
438
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:14,167
AND WAS BEATING IT
AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE CAR.
439
00:24:17,233 --> 00:24:19,933
AND THE ONLY REASON
IT WASN'T PURSUED IS
440
00:24:19,933 --> 00:24:23,967
BECAUSE KATHERINE DID NOT
WANT TO PRESS CHARGES.
441
00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:31,267
AND THEN THERE WERE
THE CAR ACCIDENTS.
442
00:24:33,067 --> 00:24:35,067
CAR ACCIDENTS?
A HIT-AND-RUN.
443
00:24:35,067 --> 00:24:39,267
THE DOCTORS WERE AMAZED
I EVEN SURVIVED THE FIRST TIME.
444
00:24:39,267 --> 00:24:41,800
FIRST TIME?
445
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:47,333
Hurwitz:
NOT ONCE BUT TWICE
446
00:24:47,333 --> 00:24:49,867
SHE HAD BEEN THE VICTIM
OF A HIT-AND-RUN.
447
00:24:49,867 --> 00:24:52,967
AND YET, DESPITE
VERY SERIOUS INJURIES,
448
00:24:52,967 --> 00:24:55,333
SHE SURVIVED BOTH.
449
00:24:55,333 --> 00:24:56,900
THE FIRST TIME
KATHERINE WAS HIT
450
00:24:56,900 --> 00:25:01,467
WAS SHORTLY BEFORE
THEIR FIRST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
451
00:25:01,467 --> 00:25:05,933
HE WAS JUST BESIDE HIMSELF
THAT SHE HAD BEEN INJURED.
452
00:25:05,933 --> 00:25:07,200
AND A FEW MONTHS LATER,
453
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,900
I WAS ALMOST FEELING
LIKE MYSELF AGAIN.
454
00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:12,900
AND I WAS JUST PARKING
THE CAR...
455
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,233
[ ENGINE REVS, THUD ]
456
00:25:28,933 --> 00:25:32,200
SHE SAID SHE WAS ABLE
TO SEE A MAN LOOK BACK
457
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,067
IN THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR...
458
00:25:35,767 --> 00:25:39,133
...BUT SHE COULD NOT IDENTIFY
WHO HAD HIT HER.
459
00:25:43,733 --> 00:25:48,067
WERE THERE ANY INSURANCE
PAYOUTS AFTER THESE ACCIDENTS?
460
00:25:48,067 --> 00:25:51,600
YES.
461
00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:53,333
St. James:
IN EACH CASE,
462
00:25:53,333 --> 00:25:55,633
THERE HAD BEEN A $5,000 PAYOFF.
463
00:25:55,633 --> 00:25:57,967
BUT YOU STAYED WITH HIM?
464
00:25:57,967 --> 00:25:59,700
I FELT TRAPPED...
465
00:25:59,700 --> 00:26:01,067
AND SCARED.
466
00:26:01,067 --> 00:26:03,400
THE REASON WE CAME
TO SEE YOU TODAY
467
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,233
IS THAT PAUL'S SECOND WIFE
WAS JUST MURDERED.
468
00:26:10,900 --> 00:26:13,367
MA'AM, ARE YOU --
ARE YOU OKAY THERE?
469
00:26:16,067 --> 00:26:18,067
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS --
470
00:26:18,067 --> 00:26:20,733
THERE WAS THIS
ONE TIME WITH PAUL.
471
00:26:20,733 --> 00:26:23,467
HE WANTED ME TO GO
OUT OF TOWN WITH HIM.
472
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:29,900
St. James:
THREE WEEKS AFTER KATHERINE
473
00:26:29,900 --> 00:26:31,700
HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THE HOSPITAL,
474
00:26:31,700 --> 00:26:35,600
RECOVERING FROM THE BEATING
PAUL HAD GIVEN HER,
475
00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:38,533
PAUL SUGGESTED THAT THEY TAKE
A TRIP INTO THE MOUNTAINS
476
00:26:38,533 --> 00:26:40,500
AND DO A LITTLE SHOOTING.
477
00:26:40,500 --> 00:26:42,767
NORMALLY, HE NEVER
ASKED HER TO COME.
478
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,567
AND SHE JUST SAT OFF
TO THE SIDE
479
00:26:50,567 --> 00:26:53,067
WHILE HE NEVER FIRED A SHOT.
480
00:26:53,067 --> 00:26:56,667
ALL HE DID
WAS SORT OF PACE AROUND.
481
00:26:56,667 --> 00:26:59,067
AND AT ONE POINT,
HE JUST SAID, "LET'S GO HOME.
482
00:26:59,067 --> 00:27:02,500
I DON'T WANT TO SHOOT."
483
00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:04,767
I THINK ABOUT IT NOW.
484
00:27:04,767 --> 00:27:07,933
I FEEL LUCKY
I GOT OUT ALIVE.
485
00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:12,333
ONE MORE QUESTION, MA'AM.
486
00:27:12,333 --> 00:27:18,067
DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW A WOMAN
NAMED KRISTINA CROMWELL?
487
00:27:18,067 --> 00:27:19,767
NOT REALLY,
488
00:27:19,767 --> 00:27:23,667
OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT SHE
WAS SLEEPING WITH MY HUSBAND.
489
00:27:23,667 --> 00:27:25,967
St. James:
A SHORT TIME LATER,
490
00:27:25,967 --> 00:27:29,800
SHE LEARNED ABOUT HIS INFIDELITY
WITH KRISTINA CROMWELL,
491
00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:31,367
AND KATHERINE FINALLY LEFT HIM.
492
00:27:40,167 --> 00:27:43,467
Martin: DETECTIVES
ARE EXAMINING PAUL'S ALIBI.
493
00:27:43,467 --> 00:27:46,800
Hurwitz: PAUL WALKED
CHERYL PERVELER OUT TO THE CAR,
494
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,633
BUT HIS EMPLOYEES HAD NEVER SAID
495
00:27:48,633 --> 00:27:50,933
THAT HE HAD LEFT THE BAR
496
00:27:50,933 --> 00:27:52,133
FOR ENOUGH TIME
497
00:27:52,133 --> 00:27:54,733
TO PHYSICALLY GET
TO THE APARTMENT HOUSE,
498
00:27:54,733 --> 00:27:57,833
COMMIT THE MURDER, AND GET BACK.
499
00:27:57,833 --> 00:28:00,400
THIS IS GONNA BE TOUGH.
500
00:28:08,867 --> 00:28:11,100
IF YOU KNEW PAUL
501
00:28:11,100 --> 00:28:14,400
OR KNEW ANYONE
WHO KNEW HIM, REALLY,
502
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,533
YOU KNEW HE HAD A BIG MOUTH.
503
00:28:19,267 --> 00:28:21,967
IT WASN'T A STRETCH TO THINK
HE MIGHT HAVE BLABBED
504
00:28:21,967 --> 00:28:24,400
OR BRAGGED ABOUT THE MURDER
TO SOMEONE.
505
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:25,600
THANKS.
506
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,233
Hurwitz: 10 DAYS AFTER
CHERYL PERVELER'S MURDER,
507
00:28:28,233 --> 00:28:29,600
MICHAEL BROCKINGTON
508
00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,400
IS BROUGHT DOWN TO
THE BURBANK POLICE DEPARTMENT
509
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:32,567
FOR QUESTIONING.
510
00:28:32,567 --> 00:28:35,700
SO, WE UNDERSTAND YOU'RE
A FRIEND OF PAUL PERVELER.
511
00:28:35,700 --> 00:28:38,700
YEAH.
YEAH, FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
512
00:28:38,700 --> 00:28:42,567
MICHAEL BROCKINGTON HAD WORKED
WITH HIM AT THE AUTO CLUB,
513
00:28:42,567 --> 00:28:45,900
AND HE ADMIRED PAUL.
514
00:28:45,900 --> 00:28:51,533
HE BECAME HIS BEST
FRIEND/ERRAND BOY/CONFIDANT.
515
00:28:51,533 --> 00:28:53,900
LISTEN,
YOU KNEW CHERYL, RIGHT?
516
00:28:53,900 --> 00:28:57,067
YEAH. SHE WAS A SWEET KID.
517
00:28:57,067 --> 00:28:58,267
IT'S AWFUL WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
518
00:28:58,267 --> 00:29:01,367
BUT WHAT DOES THAT
HAVE TO DO WITH ME?
519
00:29:01,367 --> 00:29:03,800
WE HAPPEN TO BELIEVE
YOUR GOOD FRIEND PAUL
520
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,167
MAY BE INVOLVED
IN HER MURDER.
521
00:29:06,167 --> 00:29:07,933
SO IF YOU'VE BEEN
HOLDING BACK
522
00:29:07,933 --> 00:29:10,967
OR HAVE HAD A LITTLE SELECTIVE
AMNESIA ABOUT SOMETHING,
523
00:29:10,967 --> 00:29:13,367
IT'S NOT GONNA LOOK GOOD
ON YOU.
524
00:29:19,700 --> 00:29:21,567
OKAY.
525
00:29:21,567 --> 00:29:24,133
OKAY.
526
00:29:24,133 --> 00:29:27,633
ONE NIGHT, ABOUT A YEAR AGO,
I CAME INTO PAUL'S BAR,
527
00:29:27,633 --> 00:29:31,233
AND HE WAS JUST SITTING THERE,
LIKE, IN A FUNK.
528
00:29:32,900 --> 00:29:34,267
HE'D BEEN DRINKING.
529
00:29:34,267 --> 00:29:37,667
**
530
00:29:37,667 --> 00:29:39,333
HEY.
531
00:29:39,333 --> 00:29:41,300
Hurwitz:
MICHAEL TOLD THEM
532
00:29:41,300 --> 00:29:44,233
PAUL SUGGESTED
THEY HAVE A DRINK TOGETHER.
533
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,433
OVER THE DRINK,
PAUL PERVELER SAYS TO MICHAEL,
534
00:29:59,433 --> 00:30:04,433
"HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHERE
I GET ALL OF MY MONEY?"
535
00:30:04,433 --> 00:30:07,300
THERE'S MORE TO IT
THAN MEETS THE EYE.
536
00:30:12,700 --> 00:30:15,233
I KILLED A MAN.
537
00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:21,100
"I'M THE ONE WHO KILLED
MARLIN CROMWELL."
538
00:30:21,100 --> 00:30:22,600
HE'S NOT JOKING.
539
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:26,733
HE'S NOT PUTTING ON
A TOUGH-GUY ACT.
540
00:30:26,733 --> 00:30:30,500
HE'S CONFESSING.
541
00:30:30,500 --> 00:30:32,933
Martin: ALTHOUGH MICHAEL
IS A VERY LOYAL FRIEND,
542
00:30:32,933 --> 00:30:36,900
HE HAS DRAWN THAT MORAL LINE
WITH THE MURDER OF MARLIN.
543
00:30:39,533 --> 00:30:41,967
AND IT DIDN'T OCCUR TO YOU
TO TELL ANYONE?
544
00:30:41,967 --> 00:30:44,967
YOU DON'T KNOW PAUL.
545
00:30:44,967 --> 00:30:46,733
St. James:
MICHAEL SAID THAT,
546
00:30:46,733 --> 00:30:49,000
WHEN HE WOULD SEE
POLICE OFFICERS,
547
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:53,200
HE WANTED TO RUSH UP TO THEM
AND TELL THEM WHAT HE KNEW.
548
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,533
BUT, AS HE PUT IT
TO THE OFFICERS,
549
00:30:56,533 --> 00:31:00,667
"I WAS AFRAID, IF I DID,
HE'D BLOW MY HEAD OFF."
550
00:31:00,667 --> 00:31:03,833
Hurwitz: MICHAEL BROCKINGTON
HAD THE SAME EMOTIONAL REACTION
551
00:31:03,833 --> 00:31:06,667
THAT PAUL'S FIRST WIFE,
KATHERINE, HAD.
552
00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:10,433
WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME,
MR. BROCKINGTON.
553
00:31:10,433 --> 00:31:11,800
SURE.
554
00:31:17,167 --> 00:31:22,100
**
555
00:31:22,100 --> 00:31:25,633
PAUL PERVELER...
556
00:31:25,633 --> 00:31:26,733
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST
557
00:31:26,733 --> 00:31:29,367
FOR THE MURDER
OF MARLIN CROMWELL.
558
00:31:29,367 --> 00:31:30,900
BOY, YOU GUYS
NEVER GIVE UP, DO YOU?
559
00:31:30,900 --> 00:31:33,100
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
TO COME WITH US.
560
00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:34,300
Martin:
BOTH KRISTINA AND PAUL
561
00:31:34,300 --> 00:31:36,467
ARE CHARGED
WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
562
00:31:36,467 --> 00:31:40,100
St. James: KRISTINA WAS CHARGED
WITH MARLIN'S MURDER.
563
00:31:40,100 --> 00:31:43,867
PAUL WAS CHARGED
WITH MARLIN'S AND CHERYL'S
564
00:31:43,867 --> 00:31:46,600
AND WITH KATHERINE'S
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
565
00:31:49,333 --> 00:31:51,833
LIKE THE FIRST TIME THAT PAUL
WAS SUSPECTED OF A MURDER,
566
00:31:51,833 --> 00:31:53,700
THIS IS A CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE.
567
00:31:53,700 --> 00:31:55,400
MR. PROSECUTOR.
568
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,567
GENTLEMEN, PLEASE,
CALL ME "VINCENT."
569
00:31:58,567 --> 00:32:02,700
AND, IN FACT, THEY HAD EVEN LESS
IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
570
00:32:02,700 --> 00:32:05,200
BUT WE DO HAVE A WITNESS WHO
WILL TESTIFY TO PAUL PERVELER
571
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,633
ADMITTING THE MURDER
OF MARLIN CROMWELL.
572
00:32:07,633 --> 00:32:10,233
THIS WITNESS SOLID?
ROCK SOLID.
573
00:32:10,233 --> 00:32:12,633
AND WE HAVE A PATTERN.
574
00:32:12,633 --> 00:32:13,967
TWO YEARS AGO,
575
00:32:13,967 --> 00:32:15,633
PAUL PERVELER
AND KRISTINA CROMWELL
576
00:32:15,633 --> 00:32:17,467
WERE HAULED IN
FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH
577
00:32:17,467 --> 00:32:19,333
OF KRISTINA'S SPOUSE.
578
00:32:19,333 --> 00:32:22,400
THE MOTIVE -- $75,000.
579
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,933
NOW, JUMP AHEAD WHEN
THE INK'S BARELY DRY
580
00:32:24,933 --> 00:32:27,267
ON A VERY GENEROUS
LIFE-INSURANCE POLICY.
581
00:32:27,267 --> 00:32:30,100
AND LO AND BEHOLD,
PERVELER'S LOVELY YOUNG WIFE
582
00:32:30,100 --> 00:32:32,433
OF JUST TWO MONTHS IS FOUND
FULL OF BULLET HOLES
583
00:32:32,433 --> 00:32:34,233
IN HER CAR.
584
00:32:34,233 --> 00:32:35,733
Hurwitz:
IT IS A HUGE GAMBLE.
585
00:32:35,733 --> 00:32:42,067
THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO TRY TO
PROSECUTE THESE PEOPLE AND LOSE.
586
00:32:42,067 --> 00:32:45,867
WHO'S NEXT?
587
00:32:45,867 --> 00:32:47,767
AND YET, DESPITE HAVING
588
00:32:47,767 --> 00:32:49,667
ONLY CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE,
589
00:32:49,667 --> 00:32:53,067
VINCENT BUGLIOSI DECIDED
TO PROSECUTE.
590
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,733
St. James: THEY HOPED THAT IF
THEY COULD SHOW ALL THE SMOKE,
591
00:32:57,733 --> 00:32:59,867
THE JURY WOULD BE LED
TO THE FIRE.
592
00:33:07,500 --> 00:33:10,533
**
593
00:33:12,133 --> 00:33:14,700
TO SAY I FOLLOWED
THE PERVELER/CROMWELL CASE
594
00:33:14,700 --> 00:33:17,300
CLOSELY WOULD BE
A REAL UNDERSTATEMENT.
595
00:33:17,300 --> 00:33:21,333
TWO OF MY FORMER CO-WORKERS
WERE ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.
596
00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:23,667
Hurwitz: SEVEN MONTHS
AFTER CHERYL PERVELER'S MURDER,
597
00:33:23,667 --> 00:33:26,833
THE TRIAL FOR THE MURDERS
OF CHERYL PERVELER
598
00:33:26,833 --> 00:33:27,967
AND MARLIN CROMWELL
599
00:33:27,967 --> 00:33:29,900
AND THE ATTEMPTED MURDERS
OF KATHERINE,
600
00:33:29,900 --> 00:33:32,433
PAUL'S FIRST WIFE, COMMENCED.
601
00:33:32,433 --> 00:33:34,133
Martin: PAUL AND KRISTINA
ARE TRIED TOGETHER
602
00:33:34,133 --> 00:33:36,467
BECAUSE THERE WAS
A COMMON COUNT,
603
00:33:36,467 --> 00:33:39,133
AND THAT WAS
THE MURDER OF MARLIN.
604
00:33:39,133 --> 00:33:40,300
KRISTINA AND PAUL KNEW
605
00:33:40,300 --> 00:33:43,567
THIS CASE IS COMPLETELY
CIRCUMSTANTIAL.
606
00:33:43,567 --> 00:33:46,967
St. James: PAUL WAS FLIRTING AND
WINKING WITH THE COURT REPORTER,
607
00:33:46,967 --> 00:33:51,100
AND KRISTINA SHOWED UP
IN A MINISKIRT.
608
00:33:51,100 --> 00:33:52,500
TO TOP IT ALL OFF,
609
00:33:52,500 --> 00:33:55,067
THE PROSECUTOR WAS
FRESH OUT OF LAW SCHOOL.
610
00:33:55,067 --> 00:33:57,733
VINCENT BUGLIOSI
MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF LATER,
611
00:33:57,733 --> 00:33:59,500
PROSECUTING THE MANSON MURDERS,
612
00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:01,267
BUT DURING THIS CASE,
613
00:34:01,267 --> 00:34:04,567
HE WAS STILL A LITTLE WET
BEHIND THE EARS.
614
00:34:04,567 --> 00:34:05,833
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
OF THE JURY,
615
00:34:05,833 --> 00:34:07,300
THE DEFENDANTS,
616
00:34:07,300 --> 00:34:10,533
PAUL PERVELER
AND KRISTINA CROMWELL,
617
00:34:10,533 --> 00:34:13,200
ARE GUILTY OF MURDER.
618
00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,800
NOW, IF I WAS TRYING
TO CONVINCE YOU
619
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,633
THAT PAUL PERVELER WAS GUILTY
OF PULLING THE TRIGGER,
620
00:34:19,633 --> 00:34:21,633
THEN MY CASE WOULD BE
LIKE A CHAIN.
621
00:34:21,633 --> 00:34:24,400
A CHAIN IS ONLY AS STRONG
AS ITS WEAKEST LINK.
622
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,233
BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PROVE
THAT PAUL PERVELER
623
00:34:26,233 --> 00:34:28,700
WAS THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY
PULLED THE TRIGGER.
624
00:34:28,700 --> 00:34:30,067
AS LONG AS THEY CAN SHOW
625
00:34:30,067 --> 00:34:32,333
THROUGH ENOUGH
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
626
00:34:32,333 --> 00:34:33,800
THAT THERE WAS A CONSPIRACY
627
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:35,500
BETWEEN THESE TWO
TO COMMIT MURDER
628
00:34:35,500 --> 00:34:38,267
AND, THEREFORE,
THEY WERE, TOGETHER, RESPONSIBLE
629
00:34:38,267 --> 00:34:41,133
FOR THE MURDER
OF MARLIN CROMWELL
630
00:34:41,133 --> 00:34:43,133
AND THAT,
BECAUSE OF THIS PATTERN
631
00:34:43,133 --> 00:34:44,667
OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE,
632
00:34:44,667 --> 00:34:47,267
PAUL PERVELER ALONE
WAS RESPONSIBLE
633
00:34:47,267 --> 00:34:49,133
FOR CHERYL PERVELER'S MURDER
634
00:34:49,133 --> 00:34:51,833
AND THE ATTEMPTED MURDER
OF KATHERINE.
635
00:34:51,833 --> 00:34:54,500
Bugliosi: WHAT I WILL SHOW YOU
IS THAT THE BODY OF EVIDENCE
636
00:34:54,500 --> 00:34:57,733
IS NOT LIKE A CHAIN.
IT IS LIKE A ROPE.
637
00:34:57,733 --> 00:34:59,100
EACH PIECE OF EVIDENCE
638
00:34:59,100 --> 00:35:03,100
IS ONE OF THE INDIVIDUAL THREADS
HOLDING THE ROPE TOGETHER.
639
00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:04,833
EVEN IF ONE THREAD BREAKS,
640
00:35:04,833 --> 00:35:07,733
THE ROPE ITSELF
REMAINS STRONG.
641
00:35:07,733 --> 00:35:10,300
THE PROSECUTION
IS MAKING A PORTRAYAL
642
00:35:10,300 --> 00:35:14,367
THAT PAUL HAS THIS PLAN
TO KILL FOR INSURANCE MONEY
643
00:35:14,367 --> 00:35:19,233
AND STARTS WITH
HIS EX-WIFE, KATHERINE.
644
00:35:19,233 --> 00:35:21,433
OH, THE PLOT WENT DEEP.
645
00:35:21,433 --> 00:35:24,900
NOT EVEN MR. BUGLIOSI KNEW
ABOUT THIS AT THE TRIAL,
646
00:35:24,900 --> 00:35:26,567
BUT...
647
00:35:26,567 --> 00:35:31,767
REMEMBER HOW PAUL NEARLY
BEAT KATHERINE TO DEATH?
648
00:35:31,767 --> 00:35:35,267
YEARS LATER,
KRISTINA ADMITTED THAT,
649
00:35:35,267 --> 00:35:39,200
WHEN PAUL LEFT KATHERINE
BLEEDING ON THE PAVEMENT...
650
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:40,700
[ ENGINE STARTS ]
651
00:35:40,700 --> 00:35:42,733
...SHE WAS THERE,
WAITING IN A CAR,
652
00:35:42,733 --> 00:35:47,600
TO DRIVE PAUL AWAY
FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
653
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:51,067
Martin: BUT THEN
KATHERINE DIVORCES PAUL.
654
00:35:51,067 --> 00:35:54,567
SO THE PROSECUTION CLAIMS
THAT PAUL TRANSFERS
655
00:35:54,567 --> 00:35:56,633
THAT PLAN TO KILL
FOR INSURANCE MONEY.
656
00:35:56,633 --> 00:35:59,767
St. James:
THE PROSECUTION ARGUED
657
00:35:59,767 --> 00:36:03,700
THAT PAUL HAD CONVINCED KRISTINA
TO REMARRY MARLIN.
658
00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:06,500
Hurwitz: VINCENT BUGLIOSI
HELD KRISTINA CROMWELL
659
00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:09,100
EVERY BIT AS RESPONSIBLE,
660
00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:11,433
ARGUING THAT SHE ARRANGED
661
00:36:11,433 --> 00:36:13,633
FOR THE FATHER OF THEIR CHILD...
662
00:36:13,633 --> 00:36:14,700
[ GUNSHOT ]
663
00:36:14,700 --> 00:36:17,433
...TO BE MURDERED FOR MONEY.
664
00:36:17,433 --> 00:36:19,133
Martin:
OUR PROSECUTOR HERE
665
00:36:19,133 --> 00:36:21,167
HAS TO DRAW ON THE CHALKBOARD
666
00:36:21,167 --> 00:36:24,067
THE WITHDRAWALS
FROM KRISTINA'S ACCOUNT
667
00:36:24,067 --> 00:36:26,533
AND COMPARE THOSE
TO PAUL'S ACCESSES
668
00:36:26,533 --> 00:36:29,300
TO HIS SAFE DEPOSIT BOX.
669
00:36:29,300 --> 00:36:32,867
ALL DONE WITHIN JUST A DAY
OR TWO OF EACH OTHER.
670
00:36:32,867 --> 00:36:35,367
YOU SEE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
671
00:36:35,367 --> 00:36:37,600
THIS MAN NOT ONLY
IS A MURDERER,
672
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,767
BUT HE HAS NO REMORSE
FOR WHAT HE'S DONE.
673
00:36:40,767 --> 00:36:43,067
Martin:
THE PROSECUTION ARGUES
674
00:36:43,067 --> 00:36:44,833
THAT AFTER MARLIN CROMWELL,
675
00:36:44,833 --> 00:36:47,133
PAUL'S JUST ON THE HUNT.
676
00:36:47,133 --> 00:36:48,467
HE'S GONNA MARRY CHERYL.
677
00:36:48,467 --> 00:36:50,067
AND, A WEEK BEFORE,
678
00:36:50,067 --> 00:36:54,167
HE TAKES OUT
A LIFE-INSURANCE POLICY ON HER.
679
00:36:54,167 --> 00:36:57,300
Hurwitz:
VINCE BUGLIOSI WAS CONVINCED
680
00:36:57,300 --> 00:37:00,067
THAT PAUL PERVELER
HAD ARRANGED WITH SOMEONE
681
00:37:00,067 --> 00:37:03,833
TO MURDER HIS WIFE FOR HIM.
682
00:37:03,833 --> 00:37:08,233
THE PROSECUTION DID NOT HAVE
THE IDENTITY OF THE TRIGGER MAN.
683
00:37:08,233 --> 00:37:12,333
BUT THAT STILL MAKES
PAUL PERVELER GUILTY
684
00:37:12,333 --> 00:37:14,433
OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
685
00:37:14,433 --> 00:37:16,700
THIS VINCE GUY
MIGHT HAVE BEEN YOUNG,
686
00:37:16,700 --> 00:37:18,967
BUT AFTER THAT SHOW,
687
00:37:18,967 --> 00:37:20,900
I WOULD'VE BELIEVED
HE COULD SELL ICE TO AN ESKIMO.
688
00:37:20,900 --> 00:37:21,933
[ GAVEL BANGS ]
689
00:37:21,933 --> 00:37:24,233
IS THE DEFENSE
PREPARED TO PROCEED?
690
00:37:24,233 --> 00:37:26,867
YES, YOUR HONOR.
691
00:37:26,867 --> 00:37:30,900
BUT THEN IT WAS
THE DEFENSE'S TURN.
692
00:37:30,900 --> 00:37:34,533
REMEMBER HOW I SAID YOU CAN'T
TRUST ANYONE IN THIS TOWN?
693
00:37:34,533 --> 00:37:36,333
KRISTINA AND PAUL
EACH SHOWED UP
694
00:37:36,333 --> 00:37:38,133
WITH THEIR OWN
DEFENSE ATTORNEYS
695
00:37:38,133 --> 00:37:39,867
AND WENT AFTER EACH OTHER.
696
00:37:39,867 --> 00:37:42,400
BOY, WAS THAT A BLOODBATH.
697
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,833
WE'VE HEARD SOME
GOOD STORIES TODAY,
698
00:37:44,833 --> 00:37:46,933
WORTHY OF
A HOLLYWOOD SCREENPLAY.
699
00:37:46,933 --> 00:37:49,367
I'VE GOT A COUPLE
OF STORIES MYSELF.
700
00:37:49,367 --> 00:37:52,933
RATHER THAN SAYING THAT
HE WAS COMPLETELY INNOCENT,
701
00:37:52,933 --> 00:37:54,567
Hurwitz:
PAUL'S DEFENSE SUGGESTS
702
00:37:54,567 --> 00:37:56,267
THAT MAYBE KRISTINA
HAD ENGINEERED
703
00:37:56,267 --> 00:37:57,633
MARLIN CROMWELL'S MURDER
704
00:37:57,633 --> 00:38:01,267
AND MADE THE MISTAKE OF TELLING
PAUL PERVELER ABOUT IT
705
00:38:01,267 --> 00:38:03,967
AND PAUL MAY BE GUILTY
OF BLACKMAIL,
706
00:38:03,967 --> 00:38:08,133
BUT HE'S NOT GUILTY OF MURDER.
707
00:38:08,133 --> 00:38:10,367
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
OF THE JURY,
708
00:38:10,367 --> 00:38:11,900
YOU LOOK TO KRISTINA CROMWELL,
709
00:38:11,900 --> 00:38:13,933
AND I'M SURE YOU THINK
TO YOURSELF,
710
00:38:13,933 --> 00:38:16,767
"WELL, THERE'S AN ATTRACTIVE,
STYLISH WOMAN."
711
00:38:16,767 --> 00:38:21,167
BUT WHAT YOU DON'T SEE
IS WHAT'S INSIDE.
712
00:38:21,167 --> 00:38:23,067
Hurwitz:
KRISTINA'S DEFENSE ATTORNEY
713
00:38:23,067 --> 00:38:25,067
TRIES TO PAINT HER
AS A GRIEVING WIDOW
714
00:38:25,067 --> 00:38:28,067
AND SUGGESTS THAT PAUL PERVELER
715
00:38:28,067 --> 00:38:31,833
COMMITTED THE MURDER BY HIMSELF.
716
00:38:31,833 --> 00:38:33,767
Martin: KRISTINA'S DEFENSE
MADE THE CLAIM
717
00:38:33,767 --> 00:38:36,333
THAT PAUL WAS EXTORTING HER
ALL ALONG.
718
00:38:36,333 --> 00:38:38,567
St. James: THAT'S WHY
SHE GAVE HIM THE MONEY.
719
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:43,067
THE JURY WAS OUT FOR THREE DAYS.
720
00:38:48,333 --> 00:38:50,967
Judge:
HAS THE JURY REACHED A VERDICT?
721
00:38:50,967 --> 00:38:52,667
Foreman:
YES, WE HAVE, YOUR HONOR.
722
00:38:52,667 --> 00:38:55,833
WE FIND THE DEFENDANTS GUILTY.
723
00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:58,767
**
724
00:39:02,300 --> 00:39:05,667
PAUL WAS A REAL PIECE OF WORK.
725
00:39:05,667 --> 00:39:07,600
I TRIED TO LOOK AT IT
FROM EVERY WHICH WAY,
726
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:12,167
BUT AS FAR AS I COULD TELL,
HE WAS JUST A PRICK.
727
00:39:12,167 --> 00:39:15,633
HE HAS AN INFLATED SENSE
OF GRANDIOSITY.
728
00:39:15,633 --> 00:39:16,967
HE IS CALLOUS.
729
00:39:16,967 --> 00:39:18,700
HE IS NOT EMPATHIC AT ALL.
730
00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:21,833
HE IS SOMEBODY
WHO EXPLOITS OTHER PEOPLE.
731
00:39:21,833 --> 00:39:26,467
HE, UM, FEELS NO REMORSE
FOR HIS ACTIONS.
732
00:39:26,467 --> 00:39:28,900
Hurwitz:
HE WAS DESCRIBED AS A MOVIE NUT
733
00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:30,700
WHO JUST LOVED WATCHING MOVIES.
734
00:39:30,700 --> 00:39:32,233
Martin: WHEN YOU LOOK
AT THE INSURANCE ELEMENTS,
735
00:39:32,233 --> 00:39:34,100
IT'S HARD NOT TO THINK
ABOUT AN ENTRY
736
00:39:34,100 --> 00:39:35,767
FROM FILM NOIR
IN LOS ANGELES,
737
00:39:35,767 --> 00:39:37,700
THE FILM "DOUBLE INDEMNITY."
738
00:39:37,700 --> 00:39:42,067
MAYBE HE GOT HIS IDEAS
FROM THAT MOVIE.
739
00:39:42,067 --> 00:39:45,533
BUT HE'S FROM A MONIED FAMILY.
740
00:39:45,533 --> 00:39:47,467
WHAT REALLY AND TRULY
WAS GOING ON HERE?
741
00:39:47,467 --> 00:39:51,900
BECAUSE AS THESE WENT ON,
EACH GOT MORE AND MORE VIOLENT.
742
00:39:51,900 --> 00:39:56,167
I DON'T THINK HE WAS KILLING
FOR INSURANCE MONEY.
743
00:39:56,167 --> 00:39:58,767
I THINK PERVELER
WAS A STONE-COLD KILLER.
744
00:40:06,567 --> 00:40:08,733
I'M NOT SAYING
SHE WAS A GOOD PERSON,
745
00:40:08,733 --> 00:40:10,533
BUT AT LEAST WITH KRISTINA,
746
00:40:10,533 --> 00:40:13,067
YOU COULD UNDERSTAND
WHY SHE DID IT.
747
00:40:13,067 --> 00:40:14,867
PAUL MADE HER FEEL BEAUTIFUL.
748
00:40:14,867 --> 00:40:17,733
HE MADE HER FEEL SPECIAL.
749
00:40:17,733 --> 00:40:19,867
WAS FEELING BEAUTIFUL
WORTH THE PRICE
750
00:40:19,867 --> 00:40:23,833
OF MARLIN CROMWELL'S LIFE?
751
00:40:23,833 --> 00:40:26,367
WOULD KRISTINA HAVE DONE
WHAT SHE DID
752
00:40:26,367 --> 00:40:27,900
IF IT WERE NOT FOR PAUL?
753
00:40:27,900 --> 00:40:32,167
CERTAINLY, HE WAS NOT
A GOOD INFLUENCE.
754
00:40:32,167 --> 00:40:35,633
BUT YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF,
WHO BURNS THEIR OWN HOUSE DOWN?
755
00:40:35,633 --> 00:40:38,267
WHO LEAVES THEIR SON
WITHOUT A FATHER?
756
00:40:38,267 --> 00:40:40,833
Hurwitz: DON'T WE HAVE
TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
757
00:40:40,833 --> 00:40:43,567
FOR WHAT OUR DECISIONS ARE?
758
00:40:43,567 --> 00:40:44,933
AS BOTH VICTIMS --
759
00:40:44,933 --> 00:40:48,467
MARLIN CROMWELL, AND THEN
LATER, CHERYL PERVELER --
760
00:40:48,467 --> 00:40:50,433
WERE WALKING DOWN THE AISLE,
761
00:40:50,433 --> 00:40:52,700
THE PERSON NEXT TO THEM
762
00:40:52,700 --> 00:40:56,067
WAS ALREADY PLANNING
THEIR MURDER.
763
00:40:56,067 --> 00:41:02,133
AND THERE CAN CERTAINLY BE
NO COLDER A KILLER THAN THAT.
764
00:41:02,133 --> 00:41:05,400
IT SEEMED LIKE THE CLOSER
YOU GOT TO PAUL PERVELER,
765
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:07,900
THE MORE HE WANTED TO HURT YOU.
766
00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:11,900
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE
WHAT THAT WAS LIKE.
767
00:41:11,900 --> 00:41:13,400
BUT I DO KNOW
768
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,067
THAT ANYONE WHO'S BEEN
THROUGH A TRAGEDY
769
00:41:16,067 --> 00:41:21,167
WILL TELL YOU THAT NO ONE
CAN EVER TRULY UNDERSTAND
770
00:41:21,167 --> 00:41:24,533
EXCEPT THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN
THROUGH THE SAME THING.
771
00:41:24,533 --> 00:41:26,433
ONCE THERE WAS A TRIAL GOING ON,
772
00:41:26,433 --> 00:41:29,067
KATHERINE AND MICHAEL
GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
773
00:41:29,067 --> 00:41:33,433
AND MICHAEL BROCKINGTON
CAME ACROSS TO KATHERINE
774
00:41:33,433 --> 00:41:35,767
AS NOT AT ALL LIKE
PAUL PERVELER.
775
00:41:35,767 --> 00:41:38,233
HE WAS ACTUALLY
A VERY SENSITIVE MAN.
776
00:41:38,233 --> 00:41:42,900
AND AFTER THE TRIAL WAS OVER,
THEY, IN FACT, GOT MARRIED.
777
00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:45,967
**
778
00:41:45,967 --> 00:41:52,333
* I WONDER WHO'S BUYIN'
THE WINE *
779
00:41:52,333 --> 00:41:57,767
* FOR LIPS THAT I USED
TO CALL MINE *
780
00:41:59,733 --> 00:42:06,567
* I WONDER IF SHE
EVER TELLS HIM OF ME *
781
00:42:06,567 --> 00:42:11,567
* I WONDER
WHO'S KISSIN' HER NOW *
782
00:42:13,367 --> 00:42:16,833
* I WONDER WHO'S KISSIN' *
783
00:42:16,833 --> 00:42:20,467
* I WONDER WHO'S KISSIN' *
784
00:42:20,467 --> 00:42:25,233
* I WONDER WHO'S KISSIN' HER *
785
00:42:25,233 --> 00:42:30,067
* NOW *
786
00:42:30,117 --> 00:42:34,667
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